Gingerbread Cookie Recipe and Free Printable Tag

I think if you met me in real life you would probably think that I was Buddy the Elf’s sister. I get more excited about Christmas than he does. I don’t play tag with taxi cabs or eat gum that has already been chewed but, I will bake gingerbread cookies all year long. I like them so much that I send boxes of undecorated cookies with all the decorating supplies to friends for Christmas. I include the gingerbread cookie recipe along with icing and undecorated cookies.

I call it Sending a Box of Cheer! After all, it would make me cheerful to get a box of cookies to decorate without having to make icing or do dishes. Just cheerful mess free decorating!

Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes. (Oven times may vary so keep an eye on them.)

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The Bearfoot Baker 2015

Begin by making some gingerbread men cookies. When you bake them, your house will smell amazing and if you want, you can call me to come over and we can make snow angels for a two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookiedough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle. It sounds like the perfect day to me!

Mix some royal icing in a few colors and place them into Ziplock bags. Tie them with some ribbon or ripped fabric.
Place the gingerbread men cookies into cellophane bags and seal them with a heat sealer or fold the top over and tape it to the back.

Arrange everything in the box so it fits nicely. If you ship the cookies, you need to make sure the cookies are snug and don’t slide around. If they move, they could break. If you need boxes to put the cookies in you should check out the BRP Box Shop. They have a huge selection.

This Christmas I got to participate in the Great Bloggers Cookie Swap to raise money for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. It was very fun and super simple thanks to Lindsay of Love & Olive Oil and Julie of The Little Kitchen! These girls work hard to put this together each year and I am so glad I got to participate.

Comments

Thank you! Do you think this is a good recipe for making a gingerbread house? I’m planning on making them this weekend, would you make any adjustments to the recipe for the houses? Thank you so much for your time & work!!

What a great idea! I might just do this for Christmas at my Mom’s house. It’s so hard keeping 5 kids entertained until the food is done. This would be so much more fun than popping in a Christmas movie!

Hi Lisa. First I would like to tell u that you are an inspiration for me. Am new to cookies world and its so frustrating sometimes but when I found your website it was a relief for me. I was not able to see the molasses in the dough preparation schedule. When do I add it. Thank you so much

Hi Maha!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I am very happy you found my site and information that helps ease the frustration. I added the “molasses addition” to the recipe. So sorry I forgot to add it.

I love this idea! My son in Japan misses “cookie day” with the family and this would be an awesome idea. Just to be sure, the royal icing doesn’t require refrigeration? Packages take about 8 days from here to there. Thanks for such a wonderful idea that will bring a little Christmas to my “baby” so far from home

Hi Carol.
If you use meringue powder to make the icing you don’t need to refrigerate it. If you make it with egg whites, it does need to be refrigerated. You make want to double bag it in Ziplock bags and place it in a plastic air tight container so it doesn’t dry out.
Tell your baby in Japan hello from Tennessee for me.

Put them together this weekend, ready to make their long trip to Japan tomorrow. Thank you for responding and for helping me send some Christmas cheer overseas. Made extra boxes for his buddies so far from home : ) Sending lots of good wishes from snowy New York. XOXO

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for all your recipes and tips!!
Can you please advise what the grams or ounces of the stick of butter you use?
In Australia you can buy sticks of butter in a few different sizes.
Also, I don’t ever recall seeing molasses over here, any substitute you can recommend? Perhaps golden syrup?
Thanks!
Merry Christmas

Hi Lisa – I’m just starting making my way through your website, starting with the Beginner’s guide, and found your comment above about sending a reader your recipe for gingerbread that you use for houses… I too would love your recipe if your willing to send to me as well please! Thanks so much for sharing everything… as a new cookier I feel blessed that so many wonderful cookiers have shared so much!! Thank you!